We're getting a close up look at the moments police found the 9-month-old baby.

We're getting a close up look at the moments police found the 9-month-old baby.

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Updated: 5:56 PM MDT Apr 13, 2016

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WEBVTT >> I NEED THEM CODE PLEASE. >> HEY BUDDY. REPORTER: THROUGH HER BIG BROWN EYES, 9-MONTH-OLD ARIANA SMITH LOOKS UP, TIRED AND CONFUSED AS AN ALBUQUERQUE POLICE OFFICER TRIES TO HELP HER. >> THIS IS THE AMBER ALERT KID. REPORTER: BABY ARIANA HAD BEEN MISSING FOR HOURS PROMPTING AN AMBER ALERT ACROSS NEW MEXIC INVESTIGATORS SAY LIEGHRAUGHNZO BANALLY, A MAN ARIANA'S MOM HAD JUST MET, ALLEGEDLY SPED OFF IN THE CAR WITH THE INFANT INSIDE. POLICE SAY HE LATER DITCHED THE CAR AND THE LITTLE GIRL. >> THE BABY WAS LOCKED IN A CAR WITH THE WINDOWS DOWN. >> WHAT IS HE AT? REPORTER: A COUPLE FOUND THE CAR, AND ARIANA, IN THEIR DRIVEWAY AND CALLED 911. OFFICER CATHIE OFFRET WAS THE FIRST TO ARRIVE, AND IMMEDIATELY TRIED TO COOL THE BABY DOWN. SHE TELLS ME IT WAS INSTINCT. >> I'VE GOT A ONE-YEAR-OLD AT HOME AND THIS IS NOT OK. >> JUST LOOKING AT HER I KNEW RIGHT AWAY THAT SOMETHING WAS WRONG AND THAT IT WAS SERIOUS. REPORTER: OFFRET SAYS SHE COULD'T HELP BUT THINK OF HER OWN 14-MONTH OLD DAUGHTER, AND HOW SHE WOULD WANT SOMEBODY TO DO EVERYTHING THEY COULD TO SAVE HER. BUT SHE ADMITS SHE COULDN'T HELP BUT IMAGINE THE WORST. >> I JUST DIDN'T FEEL LIKE SHE WAS GOING TO BE OK. THE WHOLE TIME I WAS PETRIFIED THAT SHE WAS GOING TO DIE. REPORTER: LUCKILY, DOCTORS ASSURED OFFRET, BABY ARIANA WAS GOING TO BE JUST FINE. A RELIEF AS SHE RUSHED HOME TO SEE HER OWN BABY. >> I JUST HELD HER AND CRIED AND ROCKED HER.

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We're getting a close up look at the moments police found the 9-month-old baby.